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Cash to be paid/paid, per share acquired, to acquiree's shareholders.

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The fair value of equity issued, as consideration in a business combination transaction, that was recognized as an decrease to Treasury Stock.

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The fair value of equity, issued as consideration in a business combination, that was recognized as an increase to Additional Paid in Capital, Common Stock.

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Number of acquirer's shares to be received/received by acquiree's shareholders per each share of acquiree.

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Business Combination Intangible Asset Measurement Input

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Recognition Of Fair Value Adjustment To Inventory Acquired

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Income tax payable attributable to acquiree's one-time transition tax.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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The amount of goodwill arising from a business combination that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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This element represents the amount of earnings or loss of the acquiree since the acquisition date included in the consolidated income statement for the reporting period.

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The amount of liability arising from an inherited contingency (as defined) which has been recognized as of the acquisition date.

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The cash inflow during the period from additional borrowings in aggregate debt. Includes proceeds from short-term and long-term debt.

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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 29, 2017	Apr. 03, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of equity securities	$ 4,800,000,000	$ 4,800,000,000	$ 0	$ 4,827,000,000	$ 0
BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsRecognizedAsIncreaseToAdditionalPaidInCapitalCommonStock						$ 6,500,000,000
BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsRecognizedAsDecreaseToTreasuryStock						2,100,000,000
TransitionTaxPayableAcquiree						$ 175,000,000
CR Bard Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration per share (USD per share)						$ 222.93
Conversion factor						0.5077
Proceeds from Issuance of Debt		$ 9,600,000,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount			0
Product liability and other legal reserves						$ 2,029,000,000
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs			56,000,000	$ 25,000,000
Business combination, pro forma information, revenue of acquiree since acquisition date,			3,000,000,000
Business combination, pro forma information, loss of acquiree since acquisition date			107,000,000
Recognition Of Fair Value Adjustment To Inventory Acquired			$ 478,000,000
CME [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsPreviouslyAcquired							40.00%
Percentage of interest acquired							60.00%
Developed Technology [Member] \| CR Bard Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life			14 years
Developed Technology [Member] \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| CR Bard Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Intangible Asset Measurement Input			8.00%
Customer relationships \| CR Bard Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life			13 years
Customer relationships \| Measurement Input, Discount Rate [Member] \| CR Bard Inc [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination Intangible Asset Measurement Input			8.00%