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Deferred Contract Costs | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Capitalized Contract Cost [Abstract] |
Deferred Contract Costs | Deferred Contract Costs Origination and fulfillment costs from contracts with customers capitalized as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, consist of the following (in millions):
| 2021 |  | 2020
Contract costs on implementations in progress | $ | 218 |  |  | $ | 245 |
Contract origination costs on completed implementations, net | 553 |  |  | 470 |
Contract fulfillment costs on completed implementations, net | 198 |  |  | 202 |
Total Deferred contract costs, net | $ | 969 |  |  | $ | 917 |
For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, amortization of deferred contract costs on completed implementations was $335 million, $225 million and $184 million. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded $58 million of impairments and $38 million of incremental amortization expense related to deferred contract costs driven by the Company's platform modernization, also discussed in Note 8.

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