Check this out:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/domain-management/
It looks like you can just change the name servers/a records/whatever. But if your client is not planning on switching back to WordPress.com, I would suggest you transfer to another registrar. It looks like the Automattic domain manager is pretty full featured, however, so maybe that’s not necessary.
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