| Changes in DeCS 2009 tree codes. February 20, 2009. | ||
| Descritor | Deleted tree codes | Added tree codes | 
| Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | SP4.001.012.148.179 | |
| Avalanches | G01.311.340.111 | |
| G01.595.340.111 | ||
| Cyclones | G16.500.240.135.500 | |
| Droughts | G16.500.240.135.781 | |
| G16.500.750.775.154 | ||
| Genetic Phenomena | G13 | G05 | 
| HIV | SP4.001.012.148.204 | |
| Infant Nutrition | SP4.011.102.133.219 | |
| Infectology | H02.403.776.409.480 | |
| (Replaced in 2009 by Infectious Disease Medicine) | ||
| Landslide | G01.311.340.674 | |
| (Replaced in 2009 by Landslides) | G01.595.340.674 | |
| Meteorology | H01.671.547 | |
| Natural Disasters | G03.230.100.200 | |
| Nutrition, Public Health | SP4.001.002.033 | |
| Pharmaceutical Care | SP2.016.152 | SP2.016.152.010 | 
| Pharmaceutical Services | SP2.016.152 | |
| Physiologic Processes | G07 | G07.700 | 
| (Replaced in 2009 by Physiological Processes) | N06.850.780.800 | |
| Secondary Prevention | N02.421.726.825 | |
| N06.850.780.750 | ||
| Tertiary Prevention | N02.421.726.860 | |
| Volatile Organic Compounds | D26.530 | |