QA46.2

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Twins, both liveborn

Description

Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from a woman of a fetus, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy, which, after such separation, shows signs of life.

Coding note from above levels

This category is intended for use as an additional code to identify the outcome of delivery on the mother's record.

Index terms

  • Twins, both liveborn
  • outcome of delivery twins NOS
  • outcome of delivery, twins both liveborn

Sibling codes

  • QA46.0 – Single live birth
  • QA46.1 – Single stillbirth
  • QA46.3 – Twins, one liveborn and one stillborn
  • QA46.4 – Twins, both stillborn
  • QA46.5 – Triplets, all liveborn
  • QA46.6 – Triplets, some liveborn
  • QA46.7 – Triplets, all stillborn
  • QA46.8 – Quadruplets, all liveborn
  • QA46.9 – Quadruplets, some liveborn
  • QA46.A – Quadruplets, all stillborn
  • QA46.B – Quintuplets, all liveborn
  • QA46.C – Quintuplets, some liveborn
  • QA46.D – Quintuplets, all stillborn
  • QA46.E – Sextuplets, all liveborn
  • QA46.F – Sextuplets, some liveborn
  • QA46.G – Sextuplets, all stillborn
  • QA46.H – Other multiple births, all liveborn
  • QA46.J – Other multiple births, some liveborn
  • QA46.K – Other multiple births, all stillborn
  • QA46.Z – Outcome of delivery, unspecified

Foundation entity

Twins, both liveborn – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1824776872

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: QA46: Outcome of delivery › 24: Factors influencing health status or contact with health services