has part has part characteristic of has modifier Abnormality of the vertebral column Neuropathic spinal arthropathy Neuropathic spinal arthropathy presents almost exclusively in patients who have suffered traumatic spinal cord injury or less commonly, secondary to syringomyelia, meningocele, myelomeningocele, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathies, anesthetic leprosy, congenital analgesia, Parkinson's disease, arachnoiditis, transverse myelitis, and others. abnormal deformed vertebral column