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Deferred Contract Costs | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Deferred Contract Costs | Deferred Contract Costs Origination and fulfillment costs from contracts with customers capitalized as of September 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, consist of the following (in millions):
| September 30, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Contract costs on implementations in progress | $ | 187 |  |  | $ | 138 |
Contract origination costs on completed implementations, net | 472 |  |  | 352 |
Contract fulfillment costs on completed implementations, net | 192 |  |  | 177 |
Total Deferred contract costs, net | $ | 851 |  |  | $ | 667 |
Amortization of deferred contract costs on completed implementations was $56 million and $48 million during the three months and $162 million and $136 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and there were no significant impairment losses in relation to the costs capitalized for the periods presented.

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