My understanding is that symptoms coming from spinal issues are more accurately diagnosed as "radiculopathy" and coded that way on your MD billing, but hardly anyone has heard that term or understands what it means, so outside the MD office, we all use "neuropathy" as people have heard of that. We with radiculopathy don't have "nerve disease" as determined by an EMG, but share many of the same "neuropathy" symptoms of pain, sensory changes, and weakness.
I had spinal surgery 5 years ago to relieve the spinal stenosis caused by the herniated disc and spondylothesis, which spectacularly reduced my sciatic pain and really gave me back my life, but I do continue with the "neuro" symptoms. Everybody has a terrible story about a terrible surgical outcome for their cousin's sister-in-law's best friend, but it worked for me (done at a major teaching hospital with the head of the spinal dept).