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Debt - Summary of Debt Instruments (Parenthetical) (Detail)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
1.450% Senior Notes due 2017 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 1.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_OnePointFourFiveZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandSeventeenMember
 
2.000% Senior Notes due 2018 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 2.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_TwoPointZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandEighteenMember
 
4.625% Senior Notes due 2019 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 4.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_FourPointSixTwoFiveSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember
4.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_FourPointSixTwoFiveSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember
2.700% Senior Notes due 2020 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 2.70%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_TwoPointSevenZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyMember
 
3.375% Senior Notes due 2021 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 3.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_ThreePointThreeSevenFivePercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
3.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_ThreePointThreeSevenFivePercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
3.150% Senior Notes due 2022 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 3.15%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_ThreePointOneFiveZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember
 
3.550% Senior Notes due 2025 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 3.55%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_ThreePointFiveFiveZeroSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyFiveMember
 
4.250% Senior Notes due 2035 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 4.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_FourPointTwoFiveZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyFiveMember
 
5.750% Senior Notes due 2039 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 5.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_FivePointSevenFiveZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyNineMember
5.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_FivePointSevenFiveZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandThirtyNineMember
4.450% Senior Notes due 2045 [Member]    
Debt Instrument [Line Items]    
Interest rate of Senior Notes 4.45%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= zmh_FourPointFourFiveZeroPercentageSeniorNotesDueTwoThousandFortyFiveMember