A method of encoding coefficients associated with a block of video data during a video encoding process, the method comprising: performing context adaptive entropy coding of x- and y-coordinates indicating a horizontal position and a vertical position, respectively, of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to a scanning order associated with the block, wherein performing context adaptive entropy coding includes using statistics that are based on at least one context, and wherein the statistics indicate a probability of each of the x- and y-coordinate comprising a given value when the coefficients of the block of video data are scanned in a first scanning order, the probability of the x- and y-coordinate comprising a given value being the same as or similar to the probabilities of interchanged x- and y- coordinates comprising a given value when the coefficients are scanned in a second scanning order different from the first scanning order; where the coefficients of the block of video data are scanned in the first scanning order, as part of performing context adaptive entropy coding of the x- and y-coordinates, encoding the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate using the statistics such that the x-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the x-coordinate comprising a given value and the y-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the y-coordinate comprising a given value; and, where the coefficients of the block of video data are scanned in the second scanning order, interchanging the x- and y-coordinates, and as part of performing context adaptive entropy coding of the x- and y-coordinates, encoding the interchanged x-coordinate and the interchanged y-coordinate using the statistics such that the interchanged x-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the y-coordinate comprising a given value and the interchanged y-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the x-coordinate comprising a given value. performing context adaptive entropy coding of x- and y-coordinates indicating a horizontal position and a vertical position, respectively, of a last non-zero coefficient within the block according to a scanning order associated with the block, wherein performing context adaptive entropy coding includes using statistics that are based on at least one context, and wherein the statistics indicate a probability of each of the x- and y-coordinate comprising a given value when the coefficients of the block of video data are scanned in a first scanning order, the probability of the x- and y-coordinate comprising a given value being the same as or similar to the probabilities of interchanged x- and y- coordinates comprising a given value when the coefficients are scanned in a second scanning order different from the first scanning order; where the coefficients of the block of video data are scanned in the first scanning order, as part of performing context adaptive entropy coding of the x- and y-coordinates, encoding the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate using the statistics such that the x-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the x-coordinate comprising a given value and the y-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the y-coordinate comprising a given value; and, where the coefficients of the block of video data are scanned in the second scanning order, interchanging the x- and y-coordinates, and as part of performing context adaptive entropy coding of the x- and y-coordinates, encoding the interchanged x-coordinate and the interchanged y-coordinate using the statistics such that the interchanged x-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the y-coordinate comprising a given value and the interchanged y-coordinate is encoded based on the probability of the x-coordinate comprising a given value.