QBP^Q13 — Request Directory Entry

Healthcare Provider Directory query that lets a clinical system fetch a practitioner, organization, or care facility record by specialty, territory, or professional identifier (RPPS/ADELI in France, NPI in US). French counterpart: ASIP/RPPS national health directory.

Purpose

Q13 fetches directory entries: practitioners (STF — Staff Identification), assignments (PRA — Practitioner Detail), organizations (ORG). It populates routing drop-downs (discharge notification to GP, referral to specialist, shared care episode initiation).

Segment structure

Structure QBP_Q13: MSH, [SFT], QPD, [RCP], [DSC].

• QPD-1 — Message Query Name: Q13^Request Directory Entry^HL70471.
• QPD-2 — Query Tag.
• QPD-3 — Directory Filter: filter criteria on PRA/STF/ORG (specialty, postal code, pro ID).
• RCP-2 — Quantity Limited Request: max results to return.

The RSP^K23 response contains a repeating [STF, PRA, ORG] sequence per matched professional/org.

Real-world example

Search for a cardiologist in Île-de-France 75 region:

MSH|^~\&|EHR|HOSP02|HPD|REG_NAT|20260519110000||QBP^Q13^QBP_Q13|QBPQ13001|P|2.5.1|||AL|NE
QPD|Q13^Request Directory Entry^HL70471|QRY-DIR-2026-001|@PRA.5^Cardiologist~@PRA.4^FR-IDF-75
RCP|I|20^RD&Records&HL70126

Response RSP^K23

MSH|^~\&|HPD|REG_NAT|EHR|HOSP02|20260519110001||RSP^K23^RSP_K23|RSPK23001|P|2.5.1|||AL|NE
MSA|AA|QBPQ13001
QAK|QRY-DIR-2026-001|OK|Q13^Request Directory Entry^HL70471|3|3|0
QPD|Q13^Request Directory Entry^HL70471|QRY-DIR-2026-001|@PRA.5^Cardiologist~@PRA.4^FR-IDF-75
STF|1|RPPS-10003040506^^^RPPS^DN|MARTIN^JEAN^^^DR.|P|M|19651225|A
PRA||HOSP_LAPITIE^Hopital La Pitie Salpetriere|||Cardiology|||10|FR-IDF-75
STF|2|RPPS-10004050607^^^RPPS^DN|LEFEVRE^SOPHIE^^^DR.|P|F|19710403|A
PRA||CLINIQUE_AMBROISE^Clinique Ambroise Pare|||Cardiology|||10|FR-IDF-75

Common errors

• QPD-3 too broad: searching "Cardiology in France" returns 7,000 results — always filter by department/postal code.
• STF-2 = RPPS without qualifier: identifier must have qualifier ^^^RPPS^DN to be interpretable on the FR side.
• PRA-7 status: filter active practitioners only (A); retired (R) must be excluded.
• Confusion HPD v3 IHE: IHE HPD uses LDAP/SAML, Q13 is the HL7 v2 counterpart for legacy HIS.

Related queries

See also: QBP^Q11, MFN^M02.