Structured Data Capture
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CodeSystem: Keyboard Type Codes

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/sdc/CodeSystem/keyboardType Version: 4.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Active as of 2025-10-22 Maturity Level: 1 Computable Name: KeyboardTypeCodes
Other Identifiers: OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.40.17.16.9

For string or text items, indicates the 'keyboard type' that should be used by the user interface to guide entry.

This Code system is referenced in the definition of the following value sets:

This case-sensitive code system http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/sdc/CodeSystem/keyboardType defines the following codes:

CodeDisplayDefinition
phone Phone Keyboard type optimized for input of phone numbers (digits with letters, different prediction)
email email Keyboard type optimized for input of email addresses (easy access to at-sign, different prediction)
number Number Keyboard type optimized for entering digits (useful for strings as well, such as for entering numerical identifiers)
url URL Keyboard type optimized for entering URLs and URIs
chat Chat Keyboard type optimized for chat messages (easy access to emoticons, different prediction)

Description of the above table(s).