Income Taxes (Notes)	3 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Notes)	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes A provision for income taxes has been recorded at an effective tax rate of 33.5% for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 compared to the 45.6% effective tax rate recorded in the same period a year ago due to tax legislation changes. In New York State, corporate tax reform enacted in March 2014 changed the tax rate of a manufacturing company such as CONMED to essentially 0%. While this will be positive for the future, previously recorded New York State deferred tax assets of $2.3 million that would have been used to offset taxes otherwise payable, no longer had value due to a zero percent tax rate. Accordingly, we had written off these New York State tax assets as a non-cash charge to income tax expense in the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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