Thank you both. What I’ve been told is that an HL7 message of the right message type and content can convey a PIX query to some query service. Now I’m thinking that something like a msgtype QBP^Q23 can be used to send a query. But the actual query string is dependent on the target system?
I got this sample PIX query HL7, which is supposed to request an “enterprise” MRN given a “local” MRN. I’m not sure what field holds the local MRN.
MSH|^~\&|NIST_Hydra_PIX_Consumer^^|NIST^^|MESSAGESERVICE^^|NEXTGATE^^|20171218135518||QBP^Q23^QBP_Q21|NIST-20171218135518|P|2.5
QPD|IHE PIX Query|QRY1243359573282|PIX10501^^^NIST2010&2.16.840.1.113883.3.72.5.9.1&ISO
RCP|I
Maybe the local MRN is in QPD#2. ?