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Property, Plant and Equipment - Summary of Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross $ 3,470.2us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross $ 3,410.6us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Accumulated depreciation (2,169.5)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment (2,121.8)us-gaap_AccumulatedDepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Property, plant and equipment, net 1,300.7us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet 1,288.8us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentNet
Land [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross 20.1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
20.4us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_LandMember
Building And Equipment [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross 1,293.6us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= zmh_BuildingsAndEquipmentMember
1,283.4us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= zmh_BuildingsAndEquipmentMember
Capitalized Software Costs [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross 293.8us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SoftwareAndSoftwareDevelopmentCostsMember
294.7us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SoftwareAndSoftwareDevelopmentCostsMember
Instruments [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross 1,735.1us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= zmh_InstrumentsMember
1,696.3us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= zmh_InstrumentsMember
Construction in Progress [Member]    
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]    
Property, plant and equipment, Gross $ 127.6us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember
$ 115.8us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_ConstructionInProgressMember