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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Goodwill by Reportable Segment) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Goodwill |
Beginning Balance | $ 4,878 us-gaap_Goodwill
Goodwill acquired, net of purchase price adjustments | 206 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other | (29)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Ending Balance | 5,055 us-gaap_Goodwill
Pharmaceutical |
Goodwill |
Beginning Balance | 2,158 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_PharmaceuticalMember
Goodwill acquired, net of purchase price adjustments | 20 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_PharmaceuticalMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other | 0 us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_PharmaceuticalMember
Ending Balance | 2,178 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_PharmaceuticalMember
Medical |
Goodwill |
Beginning Balance | 2,720 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_MedicalMember
Goodwill acquired, net of purchase price adjustments | 186 us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_MedicalMember
Foreign currency translation adjustments and other | (29)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_MedicalMember
Ending Balance | $ 2,877 us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = cah_MedicalMember

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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) from foreign currency translation adjustments of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 350 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (f) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35741047&loc=d3e13816-109267 + Details
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