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Methods: Residual routine citrated plasma specimens were measured on both systems. The CS-2500 was designated as the comparator system. Passing\u2013Bablok regression and Bland\u2013Altman analysis were used as the primary method-comparison approaches; Pearson and Spearman correlations and exploratory categorical agreement were secondary analyses. Results: Fifty paired measurements were analyzed for PT and INR and 54 for aPTT. For all three parameters, the 95% confidence interval (CI) for the Passing\u2013Bablok intercept included 0 and the 95% CI for the slope included 1, providing no statistically supported evidence of constant or proportional bias by regression. Mean paired differences (NOVAE II minus CS-2500) were +1.27 s for PT, +0.023 for INR, and +2.32 s for aPTT. The 95% limits of agreement were \u22120.15 to +2.69 s for PT, \u22120.112 to +0.159 for INR, and \u22121.70 to +6.33 s for aPTT. Categorical agreement was influenced by analyzer-specific reference intervals and by the low prevalence of abnormal results. Conclusions: The two analyzer\u2013reagent systems showed positive analytical associations, but the magnitude and dispersion of paired differences varied by assay. 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