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Fair Value Measurements (Fair Value of Assets And Liabilities Measured At Fair Value On A Recurring Basis) (Details) $ in Millions | Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)
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Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | $ 3,845 | $ 3,797
Total liabilities at fair value | 50 | 164
Fair value, Contingent consideration | 0 | 136
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 2,293 | 3,032
Total liabilities at fair value | 14 | 12
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 1,552 | 765
Total liabilities at fair value | 36 | 16
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Total assets at fair value | 0 | 0
Total liabilities at fair value | 0 | 136
Short-Term Investments [Member] | US Agencies Securities [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 8 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 42 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 56 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Financial Instruments, Owned, Mortgages, Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities, at Fair Value | 269 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | US Agencies Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 8 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 42 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Certificates of Deposit [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 56 |
Short-Term Investments [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Financial Instruments, Owned, Mortgages, Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities, at Fair Value | 269 |
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Corporate Bonds [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 687 | 327
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | U.S. Treasury Securities [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 603 | 294
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Agencies Securities [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities |  | 57
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Commercial Paper [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 414 | 233
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities |  | 58
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Certificates of Deposit [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities |  | 2
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Financial Instruments, Owned, Mortgages, Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities, at Fair Value |  | 55
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | U.S. Treasury Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 603 | 294
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Corporate Bonds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 687 | 327
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | US Agencies Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities |  | 57
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Commercial Paper [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities | 414 | 233
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Debt Security, Government, Non-US [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities |  | 58
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Certificates of Deposit [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Available-for-sale of securities |  | 2
Short-Term Investments And Cash Equivalents [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Asset-backed Securities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Financial Instruments, Owned, Mortgages, Mortgage-backed and Asset-backed Securities, at Fair Value |  | 55
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Bank Time Deposits [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Cash equivalents | 78 | 23
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Cash equivalents | 1,599 | 2,704
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Bank Time Deposits [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Cash equivalents | 78 | 23
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Money Market Funds [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Cash equivalents | 1,599 | 2,704
Other Current Assets and Other Assets [Domain] | Foreign Currency Derivatives [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, assets | 76 | 33
Other Current Assets and Other Assets [Domain] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Foreign Currency Derivatives [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, assets | 76 | 33
Other Assets [Member] | Deferred compensation plan assets | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities | 13 | 11
Other Assets [Member] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Deferred compensation plan assets |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities | 13 | 11
Accrued And Other Current Liabilities And Other Liabilities [Member] | Contingent Consideration [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Contingent consideration |  | 136
Accrued And Other Current Liabilities And Other Liabilities [Member] | Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Contingent Consideration [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Contingent consideration |  | 136
Accrued and Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Foreign Currency Derivatives [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, liabilities | 36 | 16
Accrued and Other Current Liabilities [Member] | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Foreign Currency Derivatives [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Foreign currency derivatives, liabilities | 36 | 16
Other Liabilities [Members] | Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities [Member] | Fair Value |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities | 14 | 12
Other Liabilities [Members] | Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Financial Instruments (Level 1) | Deferred Compensation Plan Liabilities [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Fair value, Deferred compensation plan assets and liabilities | $ 14 | $ 12
Minimum [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Measurement Input |  | 0.029
Maximum [Member] |  |
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items] |  |
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Measurement Input |  | 0.031

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