Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Received Through Exercise

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Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price, Effective After Hedging Transactions

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Derivative, Price Risk Option Strike Price Per Share

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
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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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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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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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The premium (cost) of a hedge, expensed during the period.

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The cash inflow from issuance of rights to purchase common shares at predetermined price (usually issued together with corporate debt).

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INDEBTEDNESS - Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands					3 Months Ended		49 Months Ended
	Nov. 13, 2020	Mar. 05, 2020	May 25, 2018	Mar. 06, 2017	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds from issuance of warrants					$ 0	$ 99,500
Convertible Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price of convertible debt (in USD per share)		$ 121.01	$ 77.85	$ 22.95
Conversion price of convertible debt after effect of warrants and note hedge (in USD per share)		$ 161.34	$ 109.26	$ 31.18
Convertible Debt \| 2027 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price of convertible debt (in USD per share)	$ 299.13
Conversion price of convertible debt after effect of warrants and note hedge (in USD per share)	414.18
Convertible Debt \| 2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Conversion price of convertible debt (in USD per share)	299.13
Conversion price of convertible debt after effect of warrants and note hedge (in USD per share)	$ 368.16
Common Stock Warrant, 2027 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)	1,920
Warrants, weighted average exercise price (in USD per share)	$ 414.18
Proceeds from issuance of warrants	$ 68,000
Common Stock Warrant, 2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)	1,920
Warrants, weighted average exercise price (in USD per share)	$ 368.16
Proceeds from issuance of warrants	$ 64,600
Common Stock Warrant, 2025 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)		8,260
Warrants, weighted average exercise price (in USD per share)		$ 161.34
Proceeds from issuance of warrants		$ 99,500
Common Stock Warrant, 2023 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)			11,100
Warrants, weighted average exercise price (in USD per share)			$ 109.26
Proceeds from issuance of warrants			$ 112,100
Common Stock Warrant, 2022 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)				19,200
Warrants, weighted average exercise price (in USD per share)				$ 31.18
Proceeds from issuance of warrants				$ 57,200
Shares of common stock received due to exercise of note hedges (in shares)					5,300		14,700
Options Held
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Warrants to purchase aggregate shares of capital stock (in shares)	1,920	8,260	11,100	19,200
Convertible note hedge, option to purchase common stock, price (in USD per share)	$ 299.13	$ 121.01	$ 77.85	$ 22.95
Cost of convertible note hedge		$ 149,200	$ 172,600	$ 92,100
Options Held \| 2027 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cost of convertible note hedge	$ 104,300
Options Held \| 2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cost of convertible note hedge	$ 84,600