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Other Current Assets and Other Current Financial Assets - Summary of Other Current Financial Assets (Detail) $ in Millions, $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2019 MXN ($) | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) | [3] | Dec. 31, 2018 MXN ($)
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Disclosure Of Other Current Financial Assets [abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Restricted cash |  | $ 92 |  |  | $ 101
Derivative financial instruments (see Note 21) |  | 1,008 |  |  | 735
Note receivables | [1] | 46 |  |  | 42
Other current financial assets |  | $ 1,146 | [2] | $ 61 | $ 878
[1] | The carrying value approximates its fair value as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.
[2] | The Company initially adopted IFRS 16 at January 1st, 2019 using the modified retrospectively approach under which the comparative information is not restated. – See Note 2.4.1
[3] | Convenience translation to U.S. dollars ($) – See Note 2.2.3

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