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Legal Settlement, Amount Paid By Third Party

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Number of Shareholder Derivative Actions

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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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Number of plaintiffs that have filed claims pertaining to a loss contingency.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions			1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 15, 2019 plaintiff	Jan. 20, 2017 formerEmployee	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 06, 2018 action
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Lessee expiration period (in years)				3 years
Litigation liability				$ 10.0	$ 12.8
Payments for legal settlements				7.4
Payments for legal settlements through insurance provider				$ 3.5
Shareholder Derivative Suits
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of shareholder derivative actions consolidated \| action						3
Nix and Damiano v. Evans, et al.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff	2
Kruchoski et. al. v. Mimedx Group, Inc.
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of former employees \| formerEmployee		2
Litigation settlement			$ 6.5