ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Nutritional disorders
Overweight, obesity or specific nutrient excesses
Certain specified nutrient excesses
5B90 — Vitamin excesses
5B90.1 — Hypercarotenaemia

ICD-11 5B90.1 — Hypercarotenaemia

Excessive intake of carotenoids is not associated with toxicity but can cause yellow coloration of the skin that disappears when intake is reduced. This disorder is especially likely to occur in children with liver disease, diabetes mellitus or hypothyroidism, and in those who do not have enzymes that metabolize carotenoids.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.