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Deferred Contract Costs | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
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, 2021, and December 31, 2020, consist of the following (in millions):
| September 30, 2021 |  | December 31, 2020
Contract costs on implementations in progress | $ | 205 |  |  | $ | 245 |
Contract origination costs on completed implementations, net | 534 |  |  | 470 |
Contract fulfillment costs on completed implementations, net | 196 |  |  | 202 |
Total Deferred contract costs, net | $ | 935 |  |  | $ | 917 |
Amortization of deferred contract costs on completed implementations was $97 million and $56 million during the three months and $240 million and $162 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded $58 million of deferred contract cost asset impairments and $19 million of incremental amortization expense driven by the Company's Platform initiatives, also discussed in Note (3).

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