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Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Analysis Of Other Comprehensive Income By Item [Abstract] |
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net of Taxes | The components of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes, were as follows:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Derivative financial instruments designated as cash flow hedges |  | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 69 |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  | (78) |  |  | (61) |
|  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | 8 |

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