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Name:: Spinal cord injury etiology type
Steward:: NINDS
Definition:: Etiology of the spinal cord injury. Traumatic spinal cord injury is impairment of the spinal cord or cauda equina function resulting from the application of an external force of any magnitude.
Registration Status:: Qualified

Value	Code Name	Code Description
1	1 = Sports/leisure	1 = Sports/leisure
2	2 = Assault	2 = Assault
3	3 = Transport	3 = Transport
4	4 = Fall	4 = Fall
Other traumatic causes	Other traumatic causes	Other traumatic causes
Unspecified or Unknown	Unspecified or Unknown	Unspecified or Unknown
Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable
Congenital or genetic etiology (e.g. spina bifida)	Congenital or genetic etiology (e.g. spina bifida)	Congenital or genetic etiology (e.g. spina bifida)
Tumor-benign	Tumor-benign	Tumor-benign
Vascular etiology	Vascular etiology (e.g., ischemia, hemorrhagic, malformations)	Vascular etiology (e.g., ischemia, hemorrhagic, malformations)
Other non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction	Other non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction	Other non-traumatic spinal cord dysfunction
Degenerative non-traumatic etiology	Degenerative non-traumatic etiology	Degenerative non-traumatic etiology
Tumor- malignant	Tumor- malignant	Tumor- malignant
Infection (e.g. bacterial, viral)	Infection (e.g. bacterial, viral)	Infection (e.g. bacterial, viral)
Birth injury or other traumatic cause	Birth injury or other traumatic cause	Birth injury or other traumatic cause

Definition:: Etiology of the spinal cord injury. Traumatic spinal cord injury is impairment of the spinal cord or cauda equina function resulting from the application of an external force of any magnitude.
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