Add new contact from Recent no longer working

I was in the process of adding a contact from my Recent Calls list. Another call came in, so I took it. When I went back to complete the process, the contact add screen was gone.
Now, after multiple shutdowns and restarts of the phone, I can't add a contact from my recents list. It's as if partially entered screen is lurking in the background, and until I complete it, it won't give me a new screen to fill out for another number. (This is my interpretation of the issue.)
Anyway, when I click on the Create New Contact or Add to Existing Contact buttons after hitting the arrow to the right of the number in the list, nothing happens. The text and call buttons still work.
How can I get the phone to "release" the partial data, if that's the issue, and start giving me the screen to enter the contact info?

Try adding a contact from another app, like Maps or email yourself a vCard.
If that doesn't work, you'll need to restore the iPhone from backup or setup as a new device.

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