> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Cost Code vs. PCO Number

> Which one your accounting team needs, which one the GC needs, and what goes wrong when either is missing.

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<Note>
  **The short version.** Two numbers for two different audiences. **Cost Code** is internal — it's how your own accounting tracks the money. **PCO Number** is external — it's how the GC tracks the potential change order.
</Note>

## Who needs which

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  <Card title="Cost Code" icon="building-columns">
    **Your accounting team.** Which bucket in your job cost the hours and material land in.

    Wrong code → the job costs look fine while one phase quietly bleeds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="PCO Number" icon="file-signature">
    **The general contractor.** Which potential change order this ticket belongs to.

    Wrong or missing → the GC can't match your ticket to anything, and it doesn't make it into the change order.
  </Card>
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## What goes wrong downstream

| Missing    | Consequence                                                         |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Cost code  | Your job costing is wrong. You find out at closeout.                |
| PCO number | The GC can't tie the ticket to a change. You don't get paid for it. |
| Both       | You did the work for free and can't prove where the money went.     |

<Tip>
  Get the PCO number from the GC's project engineer **before** the crew starts the extra work, not after. Five minutes on the phone beats a rejected ticket.
</Tip>

## Next

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    An unsigned ticket is worth very little.
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  <Card title="Change Orders" icon="money-bill-trend-up" href="/approvals/change-orders">
    Where these tickets end up.
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