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Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation

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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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Fair value at acquisition-date of the assets transferred by the acquirer, liabilities incurred by the acquirer, and equity interests issued by the acquirer, including but not limited to, instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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For contingent consideration arrangements recognized in connection with a business combination, this element represents an estimate of the high-end of the potential range (undiscounted) of the consideration which may be paid.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, that lack physical substance, having a projected indefinite period of benefit, acquired at the acquisition date.

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The amount of identifiable intangible assets recognized as of the acquisition date.

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Amount of liabilities assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of other assets expected to be realized or consumed after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Fair value at acquisition-date of the equity interest in the acquiree held by the acquirer, immediately before the acquisition date for businesses combined in stages.

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Percentage of equity in the acquiree held by the acquirer immediately before the acquisition date in a business combination.

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In a business combination achieved in stages, this element represents the amount of gain recognized by the entity as a result of remeasuring to fair value the equity interest in the acquiree it held before the business combination.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets, lacking physical substance with a definite life, from an acquisition.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of increase in assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance with an indefinite life, from an acquisition.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions								3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Oct. 16, 2018	Aug. 08, 2018	Aug. 02, 2018	Jul. 05, 2018	Apr. 30, 2018	Apr. 16, 2018	May 16, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired									$ 968	$ 392
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High								$ 780	780
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain								142	182
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability								305	305		$ 169
Goodwill								7,588	7,588		$ 6,998
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination									391
2018 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired									969
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability								190	190
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value									250
Goodwill								619	619
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles								707	707
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets								213	213
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets								99	99
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities								(14)	(14)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities								$ (215)	(215)
Intangible Assets Acquired, Finite and Indefinite-lived									920
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination									1,409
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Purchased research and development [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired									$ 213
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								15.00%	15.00%
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired									$ 697
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									10 years
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								17.00%	17.00%
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									14 years
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								23.00%	23.00%
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired									$ 10
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									6 years
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								13.00%	13.00%
2018 Acquisitions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									13 years
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								15.00%	15.00%
Augmenix, Inc. [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 500
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	$ 100
Veniti [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage		25.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross		$ 108
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High		$ 52
Claret [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 220
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High			$ 50
Cryterion [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage				35.00%
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross				$ 202
NxThera [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross					$ 240
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High					$ 85
nVision [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross						$ 150
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High						$ 125
Other 2018 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross									$ 50
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High								$ 10	10
2017 Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired									391
Goodwill								183	183
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles								278	278
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Other Noncurrent Assets								25	25
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities								$ (95)	(95)
2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired									$ 268
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									13 years
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								24.00%	24.00%
2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired									$ 10
Range of Risk Adjusted Discount Rates used in Purchase Price Allocation								24.00%	24.00%
2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									2 years
2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Other Intangible Assets [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life									13 years
2017 Acquisitions [Member] \| Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired									$ 278
Symetis [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross							$ 430