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title: Code Duplication – High
description: "**Impact area** Manageability **Severity** High **Affected Element** Duplicate   ## Rule number **OF-0154 **(for Office 365) ## Impact Code duplication greatly increases technical debt and makes the code hard to maintain. ## Remediation Refactor your code into a reusable function or class."
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qc/code-duplication-rules/code-duplication-high/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Code Duplication Rules
---

# Code Duplication – High

**Impact area**

Manageability

**Severity**

High

**Affected Element**

Duplicate  

## Rule number

**OF-0154 **(for Office 365)

## Impact

Code duplication greatly increases technical debt and makes the code hard to maintain.

## Remediation

Refactor your code into a reusable function or class.