Clinician-ordered peripheral blood smears have low reimbursement and variable clinical value: a three-institution study, with suggestions for operational efficiency

Table 2 Findings among individual smears requested for select indications

Indication	Findings seen among individual smears requested for the specified indication
Leukocytosis	• Atypical / variant lymphoid cells
	• Findings consistent with a hemoglobinopathy
	• Leukemia or blasts
	• Rouleaux
Anemia	• Atypical/variant lymphoid cells
	• Dysplasia
	• Findings consistent with a hemoglobinopathy
	• Hemolysis
	• Leukemia or blasts
	• Other
	• Platelet abnormality
	• Rouleaux
Leukopenia	• Atypical/variant lymphoid cells
	• Dysplasia
	• Findings consistent with a hemoglobinopathy
	• Hemolysis
	• Leukemia or blasts
	• Platelet abnormality
Thrombocytopenia	• Atypical/variant lymphoid cells
	• Dysplasia
	• Hemolysis
	• Leukemia or blasts
	• Platelet abnormality
	• Rouleaux
Hemolysis	• Dysplasia
	• Findings consistent with a hemoglobinopathy
	• Hemolysis
	• Leukemia or blasts
	• Other
	• Platelet abnormality
	• Rouleaux

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