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Correct coding for wedge resection of blebs 32655 or 32666, 32656? 

"Procedure details: the patient was brought to the operating room and placed supine on the table. General anesthesia was induced and patient intubated with double lumen tube. Perioperative antibiotics were given. Bilateral lower extremity sequential compression devices were placed before induction. He was then placed in left lateral decubitus position. He was prepped and draped in usual fashion. 3 thoracoscopic ports were placed and the chest explored. He had blebs visible in RUL apex. This area was resected with purple load stapler. The superior segment of the RLL also had irregularity of the edge, thus this area wedge resected as well with purple loads. Pleurectomy was then performed from the 6th rib cephalad, sparing the apex where the subclavian vessels lie. The remainder of the pleura was scratched with a bovey scratch pad. A 28F chest tube was placed apically, and a 24F blake placed at the base. Patient was awakened from anesthesia and taken to recovery in good condition. There were no apparent complications."