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Debt - Additional Information (Detail)
12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
Dec. 31, 2014
Prior Term Loan [Member]
Ratio
Dec. 31, 2014
After Term Loan [Member]
Ratio
Dec. 31, 2014
Term Loan [Member]
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
May 31, 2014
Term Loan [Member]
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Multicurrency Revolving Facility [Member]
Dec. 31, 2014
Multicurrency Revolving Facility [Member]
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
May 31, 2014
Multicurrency Revolving Facility [Member]
Senior Credit Facility [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Bridge Credit Agreement [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Japan Term Loan [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Japan Term Loan [Member]
JPY (¥)
Dec. 31, 2014
Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Senior Notes Due 2019 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Senior Notes Due 2021 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Senior Notes Due 2021 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Senior Notes Due 2039 [Member]
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Senior Notes Due 2039 [Member]
USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                                        
Unsecured term loan, term             5 years     5 years   364 days                
Principal amount, term loan description       The Senior Credit Facility contains (i) a 5-year unsecured term loan facility in the principal amount of $3.0 billion (Term Loan)               The Bridge Credit Agreement is a 364-day unsecured committed bridge facility in the principal amount of $7.66 billion.                
Principal amount, unsecured credit facility                     $ 1,350,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= zmh_SeniorCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_MultiCurrencyRevolvingFacilityMember
$ 7,660,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_BridgeCreditAgreementMember
               
Credit facility, maturity date       May 31, 2017           May 31, 2019   Apr. 24, 2015                
Principal amount, unsecured credit facility               3,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentUnusedBorrowingCapacityAmount
/ us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis
= zmh_SeniorCreditFacilityMember
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember
                       
Outstanding Senior Credit Facility 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit                                      
Term Loan 98,000,000us-gaap_UnsecuredLongTermDebt 112,400,000us-gaap_UnsecuredLongTermDebt                       11,700,000,000us-gaap_UnsecuredLongTermDebt
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_JapanTermLoanMember
           
Interest rate on Senior Notes and term loan                         0.61%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_JapanTermLoanMember
0.61%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_JapanTermLoanMember
4.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroOneNineMember
  3.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroTwoOneMember
  5.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroThreeNineMember
 
Due date of senior notes                         May 31, 2018 May 31, 2018 Nov. 30, 2019   Nov. 30, 2021   Nov. 30, 2039  
Estimated fair value of senior notes and term loan 1,460,200,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue                       97,600,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_JapanTermLoanMember
             
Maximum Leverage Ratio         3.0zmh_LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantTermsMaximumLeverageRatio
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_PriorTermLoanMember
5.0zmh_LineOfCreditFacilityCovenantTermsMaximumLeverageRatio
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_AfterTermLoanMember
                           
Leverage ratio description under line of credit facility on financial covenants       Financial covenants include a consolidated indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA ratio of no greater than 3.0 to 1.0 in periods prior to any Term Loan funding and no greater than 5.0 to 1.0 in periods after the Term Loan is funded.                                
Debt issuance costs commitment period                 5 years     1 year                
Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes                             500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroOneNineMember
500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroOneNineMember
300,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroTwoOneMember
300,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroTwoOneMember
500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroThreeNineMember
500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_SeniorNotesDueNovemberTwoZeroThreeNineMember
Interest payable Interest on each series is payable on May 30 and November 30 of each year until maturity.                                      
Debt instruments redemption terms Redemption price equal to the greater of 1) 100 percent of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed; or 2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption), discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis at the Treasury Rate (as defined in the debt agreement), plus 20 basis points in the case of the 2019 Notes and 2021 Notes, and 25 basis points in the case of the 2039 Notes. We would also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes to the redemption date.                                      
Available uncommitted credit facilities, Net 31,900,000zmh_AvailableUncommittedCreditFacilitiesNet                                      
Weighted average interest rate for all borrowings, long-term debt 3.50%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate 3.30%us-gaap_LongtermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate                                    
Interest paid on Debt $ 67,500,000us-gaap_InterestPaid $ 68,100,000us-gaap_InterestPaid $ 67,800,000us-gaap_InterestPaid