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Dividends Payable, Preferred Stock, Purchase Rights

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Ownership Percentage Threshold Under Stockholder Rights Plan

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Tender offer portion of common stock.

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(2))

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-Article 4

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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.28)

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

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-Article 5

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Number of shares issued as consideration for cash for development stage entities.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 915

-SubTopic 215

-Section 45

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-Subparagraph (a)

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Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Capital Stock (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Aug. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Equity [Abstract]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercises in Period		0	0	6,066
Common shares issued		3,308
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value		$ 0.0001	$ 0.0001
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	15.00%
Tender Offer Portion of Common Stock	15.00%cdxs_TenderOfferPortionOfCommonStock
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value	0.0001
Share Price	11.35
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Participation Rights	1
Shares Subject to warrants	0.001