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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of cash paid, after deduction of cash paid for capitalized interest, for interest. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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Amount of current borrowing capacity under the credit facility considering any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed (for example, borrowings may be limited by the amount of current assets), but without considering any amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing after the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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The cash outflow during the period from the repayment of aggregate short-term and long-term debt. Excludes payment of capital lease obligations.

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Long-Term Debt Additional Details (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Next Twelve Months	$ 26					$ 26
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	1,118					1,118
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	1,371					1,371
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	772					772
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	1,201					1,201
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	5,236					5,236
Interest Paid, Net						415	$ 448	$ 319
Tyco International Holding S.a.r.L. (TSarL) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt								4,000
Repayments of Debt	450	$ 400	$ 26	$ 1,900			300
Tyco International Holding S.a.r.L. (TSarL) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity	$ 1,250					$ 1,250
LIBOR plus One Point Two Five Percent Due in Two Thousand Twenty [Member] \| Tyco International Holding S.a.r.L. (TSarL) [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term Debt							$ 3,700	$ 4,000
150 million euro floating rate term loan maturing in September 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term				364 days	364 days
Repayments of Debt \| €					€ 150
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| 250 million USD maturing in Mar 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			364 days
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 250
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| 150 million USD maturing in Mar 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			364 days
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Expired			$ 150
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| 150 million USD maturing in Feb 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 150
Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| 150 million USD maturing in Feb 2018 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			364 days
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Expired			$ 150
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			364 days
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowing Capacity, Expired			$ 250
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 200